From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 16 15:13:17 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sgi04-e.std.com (sgi04-e.std.com [199.172.62.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9C737B401 for ; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:13:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kwc@world.std.com) Received: from world.std.com (world-f.std.com [199.172.62.5]) by sgi04-e.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA4465147; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:13:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from kwc@localhost) by world.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA07911; Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:13:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:13:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth W Cochran Message-Id: <200108162213.SAA07911@world.std.com> To: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <200108162020.QAA14274@world.std.com> <200108162200.SAA21031@world.std.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:03:45 -0700 >From: Kris Kennaway >To: Kenneth W Cochran >Cc: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New kernel option CPU_ENABLE_SSE > >On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 06:00:40PM -0400, Kenneth W Cochran wrote: >> Ok, so how can I tell if a given CPU supports that feature? >> >> I see a "feature list" in the kernel startup, and in the >> case of a Pentium-III, SSE is at the "end" of that list; is >> that the Definitive Indicator? If so, what's to keep the >> kernel from detecting and enabling it (per config-option, >> for example)? (kernel complexity, for example...) > >Yeah, it could probably be done that way. Ok, but for now (IMO) the "manual" way should be just fine, especially so we can all test it... :) >[...] >Kris -kc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message